Sometimes I hate it when beginners tell me they are going work out 6 days per week. Let me explain. Meet Carla. I met Carla this past January at the gym. Carla was overweight, and not just a little overweight. With about 100 pounds to lose, Carla had a journey ahead of her to

Use THIS to get long-term results and put that gym membership to good use! If you are like me, you know that it’s not always easy to find time to dedicate toward working out and lifting weights. Even though I live at the gym 8 or 9 hours per day, those hours are for

3 Lifestyle Tips for Vacations and Getaways When I’m at home, I DO NOT live perfectly all the time by counting every calorie and working out religiously. Most times I am more on a 80/20 rule or even 90/10. When I am away from home, I still do some healthy things, but it’s probably

One of the best ways to accomplish gym coolness is to master the most difficult exercise in the gym. You might be asking, “What is the most difficult exercise in the gym?” Is it the pull up? Maybe even the muscle up? While pull ups and muscle ups are no easy task, they are

The response for my second book Gym Wind, Indecent Exposures, and Other Short Stories has been great so far! Here is what one reader had to say: “I’m going to have to encourage you to write more, thank you for the chuckles thus far good job :D:D” So I bring you my last preview into

On the heels of my last post about gym experiences, today I bring you another short story from my gym going days, which is also a chapter in my new book Gym Wind, Indecent Exposure, and Other Short Stories available for download on Amazon.com. “A Cast of Characters” Do you ever give people that you have never met before

This is a story from my gym going days. I was 18 (maybe 19) at the time and I tell the story as it happened. In it, I get some exposure I am not expecting. I had a long day at work, which was really a normal day because all of my workdays on

Creating a fitness environment What does it mean to create a fitness environment? A beautiful gym? A clean workout area at home with cutting edge equipment? All of those things are cool, but what I am talking about is creating an environment of influences that work for you and not against you and your fitness goals.

The Coupling Effect In the last post I wrote about finding the time to exercise and how to make room for exercise in daily life. But once the time to exercise has been found, how can you stick with it and make it a habit. One way is to apply the Coupling Technique. What is

Murphy’s Law Well, my old pal Murph stopped by this morning. Hadn’t seen him in a while, but for my typical morning routine of breakfast, a short bike ride, some gym time, a little more bike riding, and 2nd breakfast (which I normally do solo) he showed up. This is how the morning went:

What I'm about to tell is exactly what the fitness industry does not want you to hear. The thing is, some people have a really hard time revealing their abs. Like really, really hard. Undoubtedly you've seen the ad campaigns: Easily lose belly fat...

"You can't think positive all the time. I know when some people see a weed, they say, 'there's no weeds, there's no weeds, there's no weeds.' If you ignore weeds long enough they will eventually take over your garden." - Jim RohnWe all face obstacles when going after our goals. We they come up, they need to be handled, not ignored. ...